SloppyCalculator/SinFoS huggingface dataset:
Sinhala figure of speech: භූමදාන කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Donating to the earth
English equivalent: Lay to rest
Meaning: bury someone's body in a grave
Sinhala figure of speech: දිනුම් පිට ඉන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Staying on the winning side/back
English equivalent: Rest on one's laurels
Meaning: to be satisfied with your achievements and not to make an effort to do anything else
Sinhala figure of speech: සැරද!
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Thrive!
English equivalent: Many happy returns of the day!
Meaning: said to mean "Happy birthday"
Sinhala figure of speech: දීර්ඝායු ලැබේවා!
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: May long life be received!
English equivalent: Many happy returns of the day!
Meaning: said to mean "Happy birthday"
Sinhala figure of speech: හැරෙන තැපෑලෙන්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: By the turning post
English equivalent: By return of post
Meaning: in the first post collection that leaves after you receive a letter
Sinhala figure of speech: මුදුන් මල්කඩ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Top/Pinnacle flower wreath
English equivalent: *The blue ribbon
Sinhala figure of speech: රන්පටය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Gold strap/band
English equivalent: *The blue ribbon
Sinhala figure of speech: තියාගන මරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Keeping and killing
English equivalent: Ride to death
Meaning: someone who is extremely loyal, someone who will support you through any hardship, even to their own detriment
Sinhala figure of speech: කකුල් දෙකේ රථයෙන් යනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Going by the two-legged vehicle
English equivalent: Ride in the marrow-bone coach
Meaning: to go on foot
Sinhala figure of speech: ලොකුකම් දක්වනවා 
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Showing bigness
English equivalent: Ride the high horse
Meaning: to act or speak as if you are morally superior to others, showing arrogance, conceit, and a condescending attitude
Sinhala figure of speech: රස්තියාදුකාරයෝ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Loiterers
English equivalent: The riff-raff
Meaning: people with a bad reputation or of a low social class
Sinhala figure of speech: ජේත්තු වෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Becoming "Jeththu" (stylish)
English equivalent: Rig out
Meaning: to put a particular type of clothing on someone
Sinhala figure of speech: ලකලෑස්ති කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Making ready
English equivalent: Rig up
Meaning: to quickly make a piece of equipment from any materials you can find
Sinhala figure of speech: දකුණු අත
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Right hand
English equivalent: Right arm
Meaning: one's most reliable helper
Sinhala figure of speech: හොඳ වැඩේ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: The good work
English equivalent: Serves you right
Meaning: that person deserves it
Sinhala figure of speech: හොඳ සිහිය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Good consciousness
English equivalent: Right mind
Meaning: having a healthy mental state
Sinhala figure of speech: කල්ලි ගැහෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Forming gangs
English equivalent: Form a ring
Meaning: to create a circular arrangement of people or things
Sinhala figure of speech: දෙක කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Doing two
English equivalent: To run riot
Meaning: behave in a violent and unrestrained way
Sinhala figure of speech: බිමට එළිය වැටෙන කොට නැගිටිනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Waking up when light falls on the ground
English equivalent: Rise with the lark
Meaning: get up early in the morning
Sinhala figure of speech: මල්ලෙන් අරන් පෙට්ටියට දමනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Taking from the bag and putting in the box
English equivalent: Rob Peter to pay Paul
Meaning: take something away from one person to pay another
Sinhala figure of speech: අටුව කඩල පුටුව හදනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Breaking the barn to make a chair
English equivalent: *Rob Peter to pay Paul
Sinhala figure of speech: සුණු විසුණු වී
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Becoming powder and dust
English equivalent: On the rock
Meaning: experiencing difficulties and likely to fail
Sinhala figure of speech: අතේ සතේ නැතුව
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Without a cent in hand
English equivalent: On the rock
Meaning: experiencing difficulties and likely to fail
Sinhala figure of speech: කුණු කොල්ලෙට
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: For dirt plunder
English equivalent: Rock-bottom
Meaning: at the lowest possible level
Sinhala figure of speech: උපන් ගමන් දණ ගාන්ට පුළුවනැ
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රශ්න]
Literal translation: Can one crawl as soon as born?
English equivalent: Rome was not built in a day
Meaning: important things take time and significant effort to complete
Sinhala figure of speech: දේසේ හැටියටයි  බාසේ
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Language according to the land
English equivalent: When at Rome do as the Romans do
Meaning: when you are visiting another place, you should follow the customs of the people in that place
Sinhala figure of speech: මූලෝත් පාටනයෙන්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: By uprooting
English equivalent: Root and branch
Meaning: completely
Sinhala figure of speech: මුලින් උදුරා දමනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Plucking out from the root
English equivalent: Root out
Meaning: find and get rid of a harmful or dangerous person or thing
Sinhala figure of speech: මූලෝත්පාටනය කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Doing root-uprooting
English equivalent: Root out
Meaning: find and get rid of a harmful or dangerous person or thing
Sinhala figure of speech: මුල් බැස ගන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Roots getting down
English equivalent: Take root
Meaning: starts to be accepted there
Sinhala figure of speech: ලනු දෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Giving ropes
English equivalent: Give one enough rope
Meaning: to allow someone freedom of action in the expectation that that person will overreach himself or herself
Sinhala figure of speech: පොට දන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Knowing the strand
English equivalent: Know the ropes
Meaning: to have a thorough understanding of a particular sphere of activity
Sinhala figure of speech: මල් යහනාවක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A flower bed
English equivalent: A bed of roses
Meaning: a situation of comfort or ease
Sinhala figure of speech: පල් පච
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Stale/Rotten lies
English equivalent: Tommy rot
Meaning: utter nonsense
Sinhala figure of speech: ඇවේටම කුණු වෙලා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Rotted to the very nature
English equivalent: Rotten to the core
Meaning: behave in a way that is not honest or moral
Sinhala figure of speech: කසිප්පු
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Kasippu
English equivalent: Rot-gut
Meaning: beverage of inferior quality
Sinhala figure of speech: ගොඩේ තාලෙට ජීවත් වෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Living to the village style
English equivalent: Rough it
Meaning: to live temporarily in basic and uncomfortable conditions
Sinhala figure of speech: නොකපාපු මැණික
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Uncut gem
English equivalent: Rough diamond
Meaning: a person who is generally of good character but lacks manners, education, or style
Sinhala figure of speech: ගුටි බැට හුවමාරුව
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Exchange of blows
English equivalent: Rough and tumble
Meaning: a situation without rules or organization
Sinhala figure of speech: පාගා දමාගන යනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Trampling and going
English equivalent: Ride rough-shod 
Meaning: carry out one's own plans or wishes with arrogant disregard for others
Sinhala figure of speech: නිමහම් කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Finishing skin/touch
English equivalent: Round off
Meaning: make the edges or corners of something smooth
Sinhala figure of speech: රොක් කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Gathering/Accumulating
English equivalent: Round-up
Meaning: drive or collect a number of people or animals together for a particular purpose
Sinhala figure of speech: පරංගියා කෝට්ටේ ගියා වගේ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Like the Portuguese went to Kotte
English equivalent: Round-about way
Meaning: not in a simple, direct, or quick way
Sinhala figure of speech: පිරිමදිනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Stroking
English equivalent: Rub down
Meaning: a brisk rubbing of the body, as in massage
Sinhala figure of speech: සිහියට නගා ගන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Lifting to the mind
English equivalent: Rub up
Meaning: to refresh one's memory
Sinhala figure of speech: කේන්ති ගස්සනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Shaking anger
English equivalent: Rub one the wrong way
Meaning: to arouse anger in
Sinhala figure of speech: එකට ඇලී සිටිනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Sticking together
English equivalent: Rub shoulders with
Meaning: associate or come into contact with another person
Sinhala figure of speech: කොස්ස එතනයි
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: The broom/hitch is there
English equivalent: There's the rub
Meaning: that's the problem or the difficulty in a situation
Sinhala figure of speech: අතේ ශාස්ත්‍රය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Hand science
English equivalent: Rule of thumb
Meaning: a broadly accurate guide or principle, based on practice rather than theory
Sinhala figure of speech: පුදුම වැඩක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A surprising work
English equivalent: A rum start
Meaning: a strange situation or event
Sinhala figure of speech: හරි අමාරුකාරයෙක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A real difficult person
English equivalent: A rum customer
Meaning: an odd, unusual, or suspicious person
Sinhala figure of speech: වස සතෙක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Poisonous animal
English equivalent: A rum customer
Meaning: an odd, unusual, or suspicious person
Sinhala figure of speech: වියරු වැටෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Falling into frenzy
English equivalent: Run amok
Meaning: behave uncontrollably and disruptively
Sinhala figure of speech: පණ කඩාගන දුවනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Running breaking life
English equivalent: Run for it
Meaning: attempt to escape someone or something by running away
Sinhala figure of speech: යකා නටනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Devil dancing
English equivalent: Run riot
Meaning: behave in a wild and uncontrolled manner
Sinhala figure of speech: ජරාපත් වෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Becoming old/decayed
English equivalent: Run to seed
Meaning: become much less attractive, healthy, or efficient
Sinhala figure of speech: නූලක් අදිනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Pulling a thread
English equivalent: Run up
Meaning: To sew the seam quickly
Sinhala figure of speech: කඩාගන බිඳගෙන වැදෙනවා 
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Breaking and smashing entering
English equivalent: Rush in
Meaning: someone acting in a difficult or dangerous situation without sufficient thought or caution
Sinhala figure of speech: කර පිට පටවනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Loading on the shoulder
English equivalent: Saddle with
Meaning: to burden someone with an unpleasant responsibility, task, or debt that is difficult to deal with
Sinhala figure of speech: අඩපණ කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Making half-life
English equivalent: Take the wind out of one's sails
Meaning: to discourage or demotivate someone by causing them to lose their confidence, energy, or enthusiasm
Sinhala figure of speech: පියාපත් සිඳිනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Cutting off wings
English equivalent: Take the wind out of one's sails
Meaning: to discourage or demotivate someone by causing them to lose their confidence, energy, or enthusiasm
Sinhala figure of speech: වැදගැම්මකට අහිති
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Belonging of worth
English equivalent: Worth one's salt
Meaning: good or competent at the job or profession specified
Sinhala figure of speech: තාර බර ඇරලා ගන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Deducting the tare weight
English equivalent: Take with a grain of salt
Meaning: to not completely believe something that you are told, because you think it is unlikely to be true
Sinhala figure of speech: ගිලගන්ට ලුණු මදි
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Not enough salt to swallow
English equivalent: Take with a grain of salt
Meaning: to not completely believe something that you are told, because you think it is unlikely to be true
Sinhala figure of speech: වලිගෙ අල්ලනවා 
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Holding the tail
English equivalent: Throw salt on the tail
Meaning: to try to capture or catch someone or something
Sinhala figure of speech: යහපත් සමාරිතයා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Good Samaritan
English equivalent: A good Samaritan
Meaning: someone who gives help to people who need it
Sinhala figure of speech: එකයි
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: One
English equivalent: One and the same
Meaning: the same person or thing
Sinhala figure of speech: වැදි බණ දෙසීම
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Hunter preaching Dhamma
English equivalent: Satan rebuking sin
Meaning: hypocritical for someone to criticize or judge others for something that they are also guilty of
Sinhala figure of speech: කෙකීට හොඳ දේ මොකද කොකාට නරක?
Type: [උපදේශ][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රශ්න]
Literal translation: If good for the female heron, why bad for the male?
English equivalent: *Sauce for the goose
Sinhala figure of speech: නම්බුව රැක ගන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Saving the honor
English equivalent: Save appearances
Meaning: to hide a bad or embarrassing situation by pretending that everything is normal or going well, often to maintain one's social reputation, wealth, or comfort
Sinhala figure of speech: කට මහන්සි නොකර සිටිනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Staying without tiring the mouth
English equivalent: Save one's breath
Meaning: used to say that it is not worth talking to someone because they will not listen to you
Sinhala figure of speech: වාරය ගන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Taking the turn/season
English equivalent: Have one's say
Meaning: to express one's opinion, give one's view, or be allowed to participate in a discussion or decision
Sinhala figure of speech: මේ බලන්න
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Look at this
English equivalent: I say! 
Meaning: used to attract the attention of someone
Sinhala figure of speech: ඔහේ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: There
English equivalent: I say! 
Meaning: used to attract the attention of someone
Sinhala figure of speech: හැබෑටම
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Truly
English equivalent: I say! 
Meaning: used to express surprise, shock, etc
Sinhala figure of speech: කථාවට කියන්නා වාගේ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Like saying to the story
English equivalent: As the saying is
Meaning: a way of introducing a well-known or traditional phrase, proverb, or adage
Sinhala figure of speech: යුක්තියේ තුලාව
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Scale of justice
English equivalent: Scales of justice
Meaning: principle of weighing evidence impartially
Sinhala figure of speech: බර දෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Giving weight
English equivalent: Turn the scale
Meaning: to determine or decide something uncertain
Sinhala figure of speech: පැත්තෙවත් නොයිඳ යනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Going not even being in the side
English equivalent: Make oneself scarce
Meaning: to go or stay away
Sinhala figure of speech: කැපුම් ඇලවුම්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Cuts and pastes
English equivalent: Scissors and paste
Meaning: not original, but is made up from parts of other people's work
Sinhala figure of speech: පරණ එදිරිකම් පිරිමහනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Stroking old enmities
English equivalent: Pay off old scores
Meaning: to take revenge on someone for something bad they did to you in the past
Sinhala figure of speech: වාඩුව ගන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Taking revenge
English equivalent: Pay off old scores
Meaning: to take revenge on someone for something bad they did to you in the past
Sinhala figure of speech: හෝඩියේ සිට පටන් ගන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Starting from the alphabet
English equivalent: Start from scratch
Meaning: to begin from a point at which nothing has been done yet
Sinhala figure of speech: එහෙන් මෙහෙන් අහුලාගත් කණ්ඩායම
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Group picked from here and there
English equivalent: Sçratch team
Meaning: a group of people brought together in a hurry in order to play together on a particular occasion
Sinhala figure of speech: පොඩි පහේ විකාරයක් තියෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: There is a small-five madness
English equivalent: Have a screw loose
Meaning: mentally unstable
Sinhala figure of speech: නුහුගුණයෙන්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: From bad quality/illness
English equivalent: Have a screw loose
Meaning: mentally unstable
Sinhala figure of speech: කුණු ලෝභයෙක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A rotten miser
English equivalent: An old screw
Meaning: A miserly, tight-fisted, or stingy old person
Sinhala figure of speech: තිස්සේම වෙරිවෙලා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Always drunk
English equivalent: Regularly screwed
Meaning: in very bad trouble or difficulty regularly
Sinhala figure of speech: කිසි ආතක් පාතක් නැතුව
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Without any direction or side
English equivalent: At sea
Meaning: to be confused, bewildered, or perplexed
Sinhala figure of speech: හාමුදාට බයේ පැලට යනවාලු, ඌරට බයේ බිමට බහින්නේ නැතිලු
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][වාර්තා]
Literal translation: Goes to hut fearing army, doesn't get down fearing pig
English equivalent: *Between the devil and the deep sea
Sinhala figure of speech: බාගෙට වෙරිවෙලා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Half drunk
English equivalent: Half seas over
Meaning: slightly or moderately drunk
Sinhala figure of speech: මුඛවාඩම් දමා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Putting mouth-gags
English equivalent: One's lips are sealed
Meaning: someone will keep a secret and will not tell anyone else about it
Sinhala figure of speech: වහපු පොතක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A closed book
English equivalent: Sealed book
Meaning: something unknown, beyond understanding, or inaccessible to knowledge
Sinhala figure of speech: අහලවත් නැති දෙයක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A thing not even heard of
English equivalent: Sealed book
Meaning: something unknown, beyond understanding, or inaccessible to knowledge
Sinhala figure of speech: තැනත් නො තැනත්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Place and non-place
English equivalent: In season and out of season
Meaning: at all times, in all circumstances, or regardless of whether the time is convenient, favorable, or popular
Sinhala figure of speech: ඕනැ එපා හැම විටම
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Want and don't want every time
English equivalent: In season and out of season
Meaning: at all times, in all circumstances, or regardless of whether the time is convenient, favorable, or popular
Sinhala figure of speech: අවිචාරයෙන්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Without inquiry/investigation
English equivalent: In season and out of season
Meaning: at all times, in all circumstances, or regardless of whether the time is convenient, favorable, or popular
Sinhala figure of speech: අතවැසිකම් කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Doing assistant/dwelling work
English equivalent: Play second fiddle
Meaning: To play a supporting or minor role in relation to someone else
Sinhala figure of speech: හද්දා නාකි කාලය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Extremely old time
English equivalent: Second childhood
Meaning: a situation in which someone starts to behave like a child, especially because of mental weakness caused by old age
Sinhala figure of speech: දෙවැනි ළමා කාලය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Second childhood time
English equivalent: Second childhood
Meaning: a situation in which someone starts to behave like a child, especially because of mental weakness caused by old age
Sinhala figure of speech: එක්කෝ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Or else
English equivalent: Second thoughts
Meaning: a change of mind or a revised opinion after initially considering or deciding something
Sinhala figure of speech: පෙනුමට රහස
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Secret to the appearance
English equivalent: Open secret
Meaning: a fact or piece of information that is supposed to be confidential but is widely known by many people
Sinhala figure of speech: කවුරුනුත් දන්නා රහස
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Secret known by everyone
English equivalent: Open secret
Meaning: a fact or piece of information that is supposed to be confidential but is widely known by many people
Sinhala figure of speech: බලන්නම්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Will look
English equivalent: I'll see
Meaning: consider a request or question and make a decision later, often because you don't know the answer yet or can't commit immediately
Sinhala figure of speech: එක ඇහෙන් කියත ඇකි
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Can say with one eye
English equivalent: See with half an eye
Meaning: to see or understand (something) easily because it is so evident
Sinhala figure of speech: පසු ගමන් යනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Going after-journey
English equivalent: See off
Meaning: to go with someone to the place they are departing from to say goodbye
Sinhala figure of speech: කුලප්පුවෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Becoming provoked
English equivalent: See red
Meaning: to become extremely angry or enraged
Sinhala figure of speech: යකා ඇවිස්සෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Devil getting stirred up
English equivalent: See red
Meaning: to become extremely angry or enraged
Sinhala figure of speech: ඇස් ඇරෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Eyes opening
English equivalent: See the light
Meaning: understand or realize something after prolonged thought or doubt
Sinhala figure of speech: එක දෙක වෙලා පේනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Seeing one becoming two
English equivalent: See double
Meaning: to perceive two images of a single object instead of one
Sinhala figure of speech: කොන් කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Cornering
English equivalent: Send to Coventry
Meaning: to be deliberately ostracised or excluded by a group
Sinhala figure of speech: කියා එවනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Sending saying
English equivalent: Send word
Meaning: to send a message
Sinhala figure of speech: සිහිසන් වෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Becoming unconscious
English equivalent: Come to one's senses
Meaning: Return to thinking or behaving sensibly and reasonably
Sinhala figure of speech: සිහි මුළාවී
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Mind having gone astray
English equivalent: Out of one's senses
Meaning: in or into a state of madness
Sinhala figure of speech: බොල් ඇහිදිනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Picking up chaff/empty pods
English equivalent: Separate the wheat from the chaff
Meaning: you decide which people or things in a group are good or important and which are not
Sinhala figure of speech: පොළනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Winnowing / Sifting
English equivalent: Separate the wheat from the chaff
Meaning: you decide which people or things in a group are good or important and which are not
Sinhala figure of speech: උපාසක බළලා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Devotee cat
English equivalent: Whited sepulchre
Meaning: a person inwardly corrupt or wicked but outwardly or professedly virtuous or holy
Sinhala figure of speech: උඩින් හකුරු යටින් කතුරු
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Jaggery on top, scissors underneath
English equivalent: *Whited sepulchre
Meaning: One who feigns friendship with the intent to deceive
Sinhala figure of speech: හොඳ වැඩේ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: The good work
English equivalent: Serves one right
Meaning: a person deserves the misfortune or punishment they receive
Sinhala figure of speech: වෙලාවට පිරි මැසෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Managed for the time
English equivalent: Serve its turn
Meaning: to suffice for a particular purpose or need
Sinhala figure of speech: පිහිට වෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Becoming a help
English equivalent: Serve its turn
Meaning: to suffice for a particular purpose or need
Sinhala figure of speech: වාඩුව ගන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Taking the revenge
English equivalent: Serve one out
Meaning: to retaliate against or take revenge on someone, often for something they did to deserve it
Sinhala figure of speech: හිලවු කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Offsetting
English equivalent: Set against
Meaning: to cause one person to argue or fight with another person
Sinhala figure of speech: අහක දමනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Throwing aside
English equivalent: Set aside
Meaning: to decide not to consider something
Sinhala figure of speech: පැත්තකින් තබනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Placing on a side
English equivalent: Set aside
Meaning: to decide not to consider something
Sinhala figure of speech: පයින් ගසා දමනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Kicking away with the foot
English equivalent: Set at defiance
Meaning: to openly resist, challenge, or openly disregard authority, rules, or an opposing force
Sinhala figure of speech: ලියා දක්වනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Writing and showing
English equivalent: Set down
Meaning: to write something down on paper in order to record it
Sinhala figure of speech: අඩිය තියනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Placing the foot/step
English equivalent: Set foot in
Meaning: to enter a place or go to a place
Sinhala figure of speech: ඉහළින් සලකනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Treating from high
English equivalent: Set much by
Meaning: to place high value, importance, or regard on something or someone
Sinhala figure of speech: හුවා දක්වනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Showing by lifting
English equivalent: Set off
Meaning: to cause an activity or event, often a series of events, to begin or happen
Sinhala figure of speech: පහර දෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Giving a blow
English equivalent: Set on
Meaning: to attack someone
Sinhala figure of speech: උසිගන්නනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Inciting
English equivalent: Set on
Meaning: to attack someone
Sinhala figure of speech: හිරි වැටෙන්ට සලසනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Making to go numb
English equivalent: Set on edge
Meaning: to cause extreme irritation or a feeling of discomfort, like a shuddering sensation
Sinhala figure of speech: අත ගහනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Hitting the hand
English equivalent: Set one's hand to
Meaning: to sign a document or to begin working on a task or undertaking
Sinhala figure of speech: හිතාගන ඉන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Staying having thought
English equivalent: Set one's heart on
Meaning: Strongly desire something
Sinhala figure of speech: පොර කොටවනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Making fighters fight
English equivalent: Set by the ears
Meaning:  to cause people to argue, disagree, or be in conflict with each other
Sinhala figure of speech: සක්විතිකමක් ලබනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Receiving Universal Emperor status
English equivalent: Set the Thames on fire
Meaning: to cause a lot of excitement or strong feelings
Sinhala figure of speech: මුද්‍රාව තබනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Placing the seal
English equivalent: Set the seal on
Meaning: to make the result of something certain
Sinhala figure of speech: එක විධියක් වෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Becoming one way/style
English equivalent: Settle down
Meaning: to become familiar with a place and to feel happy and confident in it
Sinhala figure of speech: නිවන් දැකීම
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Seeing Nirvana
English equivalent: Seventh heaven
Meaning: to be extremely happy
Sinhala figure of speech: පිටිපා යනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Showing back and going
English equivalent: Shake off the dust from one's feet
Meaning: to leave a situation or place in a hurry, often due to rejection or disrespect, and to have nothing more to do with it
Sinhala figure of speech: විළි ලජ්ජාවක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Shame-shyness
English equivalent: A burning shame
Meaning: something that causes intense embarrassment, disgrace, or strong disapproval
Sinhala figure of speech: යුහු සුලු වෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Becoming hasty/quick
English equivalent: Look sharp
Meaning: to be vigilant
Sinhala figure of speech: පට්ටි පාළුවා 
Type: [පුද්ගලික]
Literal translation: The herd-desolater
English equivalent: Black sheep
Meaning: a person who has done something bad that brings embarrassment or shame to his or her family
Sinhala figure of speech: තක්කඩියා 
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Rogue/Rascal
English equivalent: Black sheep
Meaning: a person who has done something bad that brings embarrassment or shame to his or her family
Sinhala figure of speech: අත් ගෙඩිය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Hand fruit/knob
English equivalent: Sheet anchor
Meaning: a very dependable person or thing
Sinhala figure of speech: අයින් කරලා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Having removed/cornered
English equivalent: On the shelf
Meaning: not noticed or not used
Sinhala figure of speech: කොන් කර
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Cornered
English equivalent: On the shelf
Meaning: not noticed or not used
Sinhala figure of speech: අදි මදි කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Pulling and hesitating
English equivalent: shilly-shally
Meaning: to spend too much time doing something or making a decision because you do not know what is the right thing to do
Sinhala figure of speech: නිෂ්ප්‍රභ කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Making lusterless/refuting
English equivalent: Take the shine out of
Meaning: to make something seem less perfect or less good
Sinhala figure of speech: බාල කරනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Making low/young
English equivalent: Take the shine out of
Meaning: to make something seem less perfect or less good
Sinhala figure of speech: බැබලෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Shining
English equivalent: Shine as
Meaning: to be extremely good at an activity or skill
Sinhala figure of speech: වැජඹෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Flourishing
English equivalent: Shine as
Meaning: to be extremely good at an activity or skill
Sinhala figure of speech: විජාමිම්භමාණ වෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: (Correct spelling: විජෘම්භණය) Yawning/Expanding
English equivalent: Shine as
Meaning: to be extremely good at an activity or skill
Sinhala figure of speech: වාසනාව උදාවූ කල
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: When luck dawned
English equivalent: When one's ship comes home
Meaning: when someone becomes successful or wealthy, or when their fortune is assured
Sinhala figure of speech: පිට කහගන්ට නියපොත්ත නැතුව ඉන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Staying without a fingernail to scratch the back
English equivalent: Not have a shirt on one's back
Meaning: someone who has very little or nothing left
Sinhala figure of speech: මුළු සේසතම ඔට්ටු අල්ලනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Betting the whole property
English equivalent: To put one's shirt on something
Meaning: be very certain that something will succeed or happen
Sinhala figure of speech: ඉණ ඉහ ඔට්ටු තියනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Betting waist and head
English equivalent: To put one's shirt on something
Meaning: be very certain that something will succeed or happen
Sinhala figure of speech: නට්ටම් වෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Becoming nothing (Tamil loan)
English equivalent: Lose one's shirt
Meaning: to lose a majority of one's wealth or value in an investment
Sinhala figure of speech: දිඹුල් මල නිසා දියැද වෙසෙසනවා
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Exhausting drawing water for the Dimbula flower
English equivalent: Shoe a goose or a gosling
Meaning: To attempt a futile or pointless task
Sinhala figure of speech: ගහට ඉනි කපනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Cutting stakes for the tree
English equivalent: *Shoe a goose or a gosling
Sinhala figure of speech: ගැහැට 
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Harassment/Trouble
English equivalent: Where the shoe pinches
Meaning: the source of trouble, difficulty, or discomfort in a situation
Sinhala figure of speech: දරු ලද අඟනන්ම මිස පසවෙහි වෙහෙස වඳ ළඳඟනෝ දැනගෙන හෙති කවර ලෙස 
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Except women who bore children, how would barren women know the fatigue of birth?
English equivalent: The toad beneath the harrow knows exactly where each sharp tooth goes;
The butterfy upon road
Preaches contentment to the toad.
Meaning: People who don’t experience hardship firsthand often preach patience or contentment to those who are suffering
Sinhala figure of speech: සපත්තු හැන්ද
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Shoe spoon
English equivalent: Shoe-horn
Meaning: to fit something or someone into a tight place
Sinhala figure of speech:  සී සී කඩ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: In pieces everywhere
English equivalent: All over the shop
Meaning: in a disorganized, confused, or untidy way, or literally in many different places
Sinhala figure of speech: සාප්පුව වහනවා 
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Closing the shop
English equivalent: Shut up shop
Meaning: to end an activity, usually a business activity, either temporarily or permanently
Sinhala figure of speech: ලුහුඬින් කියතොත්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: If said briefly
English equivalent: In short
Meaning: used before describing something or someone in as few words and as directly as possible
Sinhala figure of speech: ගසා වසා දැමීම
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Hitting and closing
English equivalent: Short shrift
Meaning: treated without sympathy and given little attention
Sinhala figure of speech: සාගත සලාකය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Famine ration
English equivalent: Short commons
Meaning: scanty or insufficient allowance of food
Sinhala figure of speech: කට ගැස්ම
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Mouth bite
English equivalent: Short eats
Meaning: small, often fried or baked, savory or sweet snacks like patties, cutlets, rolls, and buns that can be eaten on the go
Sinhala figure of speech: ඇඟට කඩා පනිනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Jumping onto the body
English equivalent: Be short with
Meaning: to speak to someone rudely without saying much
Sinhala figure of speech: වෙඩිල්ලක් වගේ
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][උපමා]
Literal translation: Like a gunshot
English equivalent: Like a shot
Meaning: Very rapidly
Sinhala figure of speech: ආවාට ගියාට ගහන පාර
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Blow hit for coming and going
English equivalent: A random shot
Meaning: something done with little or no information, a guess, or a risk with an uncertain outcome
Sinhala figure of speech: කණා බල්ලන් ගැසීම
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Hitting blind dogs
English equivalent: A random shot
Meaning: something done with little or no information, a guess, or a risk with an uncertain outcome
Sinhala figure of speech: ලොක්කෙක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A big one
English equivalent: A big shot
Meaning: a person who is very important, powerful, or influential within a particular group or field
Sinhala figure of speech: ඇයි හොඳයි කමක් නැතුව සිටිනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Staying without social niceties
English equivalent: Give one the cold shoulder
Meaning: to deliberately ignore someone, act unfriendly towards them
Sinhala figure of speech: කර ගහ ගන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Taking on the shoulder
English equivalent: Have on one's shoulders
Meaning: to have a great responsibility
Sinhala figure of speech: කර පින්නා ගන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Taking on the shoulder
English equivalent: Have on one's shoulders
Meaning: to have a great responsibility
Sinhala figure of speech: කර ගහනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Shoulder hitting
English equivalent: Put one's shoulder to the wheel
Meaning: make a strenuous effort
Sinhala figure of speech: උජාරුවට පෙන්නනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Showing proudly
English equivalent: Show off
Meaning: to attract attention by displaying your skills, possessions, or achievements
Sinhala figure of speech: ගෙයින් දොට්ට දමනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Putting out of the house
English equivalent: Show one the door
Meaning: to make it obvious that you do not want someone to be present and that they should leave
Sinhala figure of speech: කොළේ පෙන්නනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Showing the leaf/hand
English equivalent: Show one's hand
Meaning: to allow people to know about intentions that you had previously kept secret
Sinhala figure of speech: ඔට්ටු වෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Becoming a bet/struggle
English equivalent: Show fight
Meaning: to display a readiness to resist, to be competitive, or to strongly oppose an opponent or challenge
Sinhala figure of speech: සසර බැම්මෙන් මිදෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Escaping the bond of Sansara
English equivalent: Shuffle off this mortal coil
Meaning: to die
Sinhala figure of speech: ගණන් නොගෙන සිටිනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Staying without counting
English equivalent: Shut one's eyes to
Meaning: to ignore something
Sinhala figure of speech:  ගිය නුවණ ඇතුන් ලවාත් අද්දවන්ට බැරිලු
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][වාර්තා]
Literal translation: It is said lost wisdom cannot be pulled back even by elephants
English equivalent: *Shut the stable door after the steed is stolen
Sinhala figure of speech: ආඳා යවා තබා වල්පත ගත්තා සේ
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][උපමා]
Literal translation: Like sending the eel and holding the tail/foliage
English equivalent: *Shut the stable door after the steed is stolen
Sinhala figure of speech: දශ දිශාවෙන්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: From ten directions
English equivalent: On all sides
Meaning: in or from all directions
Sinhala figure of speech: එක්කම
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: With the one
English equivalent: Side by side
Meaning: together
Sinhala figure of speech: කැටුව
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Accompanied
English equivalent: Side by side
Meaning: together
Sinhala figure of speech: පෙනෙන හරියේ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: In the seeing area
English equivalent: In sight of
Meaning: so as to see or be seen from
Sinhala figure of speech: ඉදිරියේ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: In the front
English equivalent: In one's sight
Meaning: visible
Sinhala figure of speech: ළඟ ඉන්න කල් විතරයි කාගේත් සැලකිල්ල
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Everyone's care is only while staying near
English equivalent: Out of sight, out of mind
Meaning: it is easy to forget about someone or something, or to stop caring about them, when you have not seen them for a long time
Sinhala figure of speech: නේත්‍රරසායනය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Eye elixir
English equivalent: A sight for sore eyes
Meaning: it is a relief or joy to see
Sinhala figure of speech: නෙතට පාරණ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Breaking of a fast for the eye
English equivalent: A sight for sore eyes
Meaning: it is a relief or joy to see
Sinhala figure of speech: බොරලු මැණික්වලට හරවනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Turning gravel into gems
English equivalent: Make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
Meaning: make something good out of something that is naturally bad
Sinhala figure of speech: උපන් ගෙයි ගතිය බලි ඇරියත් නෑරේ
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: The nature of the birth-house does not leave even if a Bali ritual is performed.
English equivalent: Make a silk purse out of a sow's ear (Negatively)
Meaning: you cannot make something good out of something that is naturally bad
Sinhala figure of speech: කල් තැබි මුත් බලුවල්ගය උණ පුරුකේ සොල්පයකුත් ඇදයන්නේ නැත ඒකේ
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Even if the dog's tail is kept in a bamboo joint for a long time, the crookedness in it does not leave even a little bit.
English equivalent: *Make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
Sinhala figure of speech: කොන්ඩෙ කැපුවත් අන්දිරිසා අන්දිරිසාමයි
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Even if the hair is cut, Andirisa is Andirisa himself
English equivalent: *Make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
Sinhala figure of speech: තුන්තිකුඩි ගියත් එම අතපය ම යි
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Even if one goes to Tuticorin (Thoothukudi), [it is] the same hands and feet
English equivalent: *Make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
Sinhala figure of speech: සඳුන් කපුරු සමගින් පිනිදිය නොමද
සොඳින් කළල් කෙරෙමින් සුවඳ මුව මඳ
නිතින් හෙමඹ ඉස ඉස ලුහුනු වැවු වද
තමන් ගුණය නොහරිත වැනි දුදන හද
Type: [කියමන්]
Literal translation: Even if garlic is grown by making mud well with sandalwood, camphor, abundant rose water, and fragrant musk, and by constantly sprinkling gold-water, it does not abandon its own quality; it is like the heart of wicked people
English equivalent: *Make a silk purse out of a sow's ear
Sinhala figure of speech: නිෂ්ප්‍රභ වෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Becoming lusterless/refuted
English equivalent: Sing small
Meaning: To assume a humble tone
Sinhala figure of speech: සාජ්ජය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: The party/musical gathering
English equivalent: Sing-song
Sinhala figure of speech: නැළවිලි තාලෙට
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: To the lullaby rhythm
English equivalent: Sing-song
Meaning: a voice rising and falling in level
Sinhala figure of speech: නිදිමත හඬින්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: With a sleepy voice
English equivalent: Sing-song
Meaning: a voice rising and falling in level
Sinhala figure of speech: වෙන තාලෙකට නටනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Dancing to a different rhythm
English equivalent: Sing another tune
Meaning: to have a different opinion about something
Sinhala figure of speech: තනිකඩ වාසනාවෙන්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: With bachelor luck
English equivalent: In a state of single blessedness
Meaning: to be in a state of being single and finding contentment, fulfillment, and happiness in that status rather than viewing it as a lack of companionship or a negative situation
Sinhala figure of speech: බ්‍රහ්මචායී
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Celibate / Student
English equivalent: In a state of single blessedness
Meaning: to be in a state of being single and finding contentment, fulfillment, and happiness in that status rather than viewing it as a lack of companionship or a negative situation
Sinhala figure of speech: මැරෙමිවා රැකෙමිවා යි 
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: May I die or be saved
English equivalent: Sink or swim
Meaning: fail or succeed entirely by one's own efforts
Sinhala figure of speech: එහෙමපිටින්ම
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Entirely from that side
English equivalent: Hook, line and sink
Meaning: emphasize that someone has been completely deceived or tricked
Sinhala figure of speech: හරි වැරදි සොයනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Looking for right and wrong
English equivalent: Sit in judgement
Meaning: to decide whether or not someone is guilty of doing something wrong
Sinhala figure of speech: සැර දමනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Putting severity/hotness
English equivalent: Sit on
Meaning: to force someone to be silent or not to do something
Sinhala figure of speech: පපුව ගැහි ගැහී ඉන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Chest staying beating and beating
English equivalent: Sit on thorns
Meaning: to experience a situation filled with difficulty, suffering, or discomfort
Sinhala figure of speech: බින්න බහිනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Descending "Binna" (Matrilocal marriage)
English equivalent: Sit eggs
Sinhala figure of speech: පැල්පදියන් වෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Becoming hut-foundation
English equivalent: Sit eggs
Meaning: staying put
Sinhala figure of speech: බිත්තර රකිනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Protecting eggs
English equivalent: Sit eggs
Sinhala figure of speech: එකක් හයයි, අනික දුසිම් භාගයයි
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: One is six, the other is half a dozen
English equivalent: Six of one and half-a-dozen of the other
Meaning: neither of two choices is better than the other
Sinhala figure of speech: වහෙන් ඔරෝ කිවුවත් ඔහෙන් වරෝ කිවුවත් දෙකම එකයි.
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Whether said "Vahen Oro" or "Ohen Varo", both are one
English equivalent: Six of one and half-a-dozen of the other
Meaning: neither of two choices is better than the other
Sinhala figure of speech: ලහත් තිඹයි, තිඹත් ලහයි
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][ප්‍රකාශන]
Literal translation: Laha is Thimba, Thimba is Laha
English equivalent: *Six of one and half-a-dozen of the other
Sinhala figure of speech: සඟවාගත් කුලමලය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Hidden caste/lineage flower
English equivalent: Skeleton in the cupboard
Meaning: an embarrassing secret
Sinhala figure of speech: කාගේ පයියෙත් හුණු පොධි තිබෙනවාලු
Type: [විශ්වාස][ප්‍රපංච][වාර්තා]
Literal translation: It is said everyone has a lime-parcel in their bag
English equivalent: *Skeleton in the cupboard
Sinhala figure of speech: සැකිලි කාය්‍යී මණ්ඩලය
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Skeleton staff board
English equivalent: Skeleton staff
Meaning: the smallest number of people needed for a business or organization to operate
Sinhala figure of speech: ඇට සැකිල්ලක්
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: A bone skeleton
English equivalent: A mere skeleton
Meaning: something that has been reduced to its most basic, minimal form
Sinhala figure of speech: ඇටෙයි හමයි
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Bone and skin
English equivalent: A mere skeleton
Meaning: something that has been reduced to its most basic, minimal form
Sinhala figure of speech: ඉරටෙන් බත්තුලු ඇහිඳිනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Picking rice grains with a coconut rib
English equivalent: Skin a flea for its hide
Meaning: to be incredibly mean and miserly, to the point of making a profit or getting something out of a futile and almost impossible task
Sinhala figure of speech: යන්තම් බේරෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Barely saving
English equivalent: Escape by the skin of one's teeth
Meaning: to narrowly avoid disaster or just barely succeed at something, with very little margin for error
Sinhala figure of speech: අනූනවයෙන් බේරෙනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Saving by ninety-nine
English equivalent: Escape by the skin of one's teeth
Meaning: to narrowly avoid disaster or just barely succeed at something, with very little margin for error
Sinhala figure of speech: පණ බේරා ගන්නවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Saving life
English equivalent: Save one's skin
Meaning: rescue someone from danger or difficulty
Sinhala figure of speech: ඇණුම් බැණුම් ගැන නොසලකා සිටිනවා
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Ignoring stabs and scoldings
English equivalent: Have a thick skin
Meaning: to be easily/not easily upset by criticism
Sinhala figure of speech: මතුපිට
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Surface / On top
English equivalent: Skin-deeр
Meaning: not carefully considered or strongly felt
Sinhala figure of speech: කුම්මැහියා 
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Miser / Introvert
English equivalent: Skin-flint
Meaning: a person who is unwilling to spend money
Sinhala figure of speech: බත් කඩේ
Type: [වාග්ව්‍යවහාර]
Literal translation: Rice shop
English equivalent: Slap-bang shop
Meaning: a cheap, low-class eating-house or restaurant where customers paid for food immediately, without credit